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July 7 th , 2019 | 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C 2005 Berryman Street | Berkeley, CA 94709 | 510-526-4811 | marymagdalen.org Rev. Nicholas Glisson, Pastor. His Excellency, Michael Barber, SJ, Bishop — Diocese of Oakland SUNDAY MASSES DAILY MASSES LITURGY OF THE HOURS Monday—Saturday 7:30 am Monday—Friday 5:10 pm ROSARY Monday—Saturday 8:30 Saturday 4:00 pm (and by appointment) SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION OFFICE HOURS Monday—Friday 9:00 am—5:00 pm Closed for Lunch: Noon-1:00 pm Phone: 510-526-4811 Saturday 5:30 pm (Vigil) Sunday 8:00, 9:30, 11:00 Monday—Saturday 8:00 am Monday—Friday 5:30 pm WEBSITE marymagdalen.org David Goines, 2002 BAPTISM: MARRIAGE: Please contact the pastor at least six months prior to the wedding. CONFIRMATION: Classes take place semi-monthly in the convent after the 9:30 am Mass. ANOINTING OF THE SICK: The Sacrament is offered at every 5th Sunday Mass, and by appointment. Preparation classes take place on the first Monday of the month. Please call the parish office for more information. “Together we share our Faith in Jesus Christ. We live the Gospel, and we care for others.”
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July 7th, 2019 | 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C
2005 Berryman Street | Berkeley, CA 94709 | 510-526-4811 | marymagdalen.org
Rev. Nicholas Glisson, Pastor. His Excellency, Michael Barber, SJ, Bishop — Diocese of Oakland
SUNDAY MASSES
DAILY MASSES
LITURGY OF THE HOURS Monday—Saturday 7:30 am Monday—Friday 5:10 pm
ROSARY
Monday—Saturday 8:30
Saturday 4:00 pm (and by appointment)
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION
OFFICE HOURS Monday—Friday
9:00 am—5:00 pm Closed for Lunch: Noon-1:00 pm Phone: 510-526-4811
Saturday 5:30 pm (Vigil) Sunday 8:00, 9:30, 11:00
Monday—Saturday 8:00 am Monday—Friday 5:30 pm
WEBSITE
marymagdalen.org David Goines, 2002
BAPTISM:
MARRIAGE: Please contact the pastor at least six months prior to the wedding.
CONFIRMATION: Classes take place semi-monthly in the convent after the 9:30 am Mass.
ANOINTING OF THE SICK: The Sacrament is offered at every 5th Sunday Mass, and by appointment.
Preparation classes take place on the first Monday of the month. Please call the parish office for more information. “Together we share our
Faith in Jesus Christ.
We live the Gospel, and we care for others.”
Parish & School Staff
Fr. Nicholas Glisson, Pastor (ext. 112)
Norah Hippolyte, Business Manager
[email protected] (ext. 111)
Andy Canepa, Music Director (ext. 122)
Heather Skinner, Parish Director of Religious
Education & Vice-Principal, School of the Madeleine
(510) 526-4744 [email protected]
Carolyn Tune, Office Assistant (ext. 110)
Oscar Guillen, Facilities Supervisor
Ana Guillen, Housekeeper
Fr. Ioane Patita Ono, In Residence (ext. 124)
Fr. Laurent Okitakatshi, In Residence (ext. 125)
Parish Pastoral Council
Dennis Smith, Convener
Parish Finance Council
Ann Flemer, Chair
School of
the Madeleine 1225 Milvia Street
Berkeley, CA 94709
(510) 526-4744
Joseph Nagel, Principal
Jennifer Walwark, Vice-Principal
Mary Schweska, Secretary
Cat Nielsen, Volunteer Webmaster [email protected] (ext. 113)
Laura Morland, Volunteer Bulletin Editor [email protected] (ext. 118)
Funeral Services (CFCS): Deacon Dave Holland: (925) 932-0900
Parish Calendar: July 2019
July 6 & 7
Weekend
Collection for the Berkeley Food Pantry
Drop off donations in either Vestibule.
July 7
Sunday
1st Sunday Dinner for the Poor & Homeless
12:00 (set up); 3:00 pm (dinner), Parish Hall
July 12
Friday
Refugee Aid / Peace & Social Justice Meeting
4:00—5:00 pm, Norton Hall
July 20
Saturday
St. Mary Magdalen Festival: 10:00 am, Church
Talk by Velma Richmond, Ph.D. (with responses)
July 20 & 21
Weekend
St. Mary Magdalen Festival: All Masses
Prof. Alison Benders delivers reflections
July 21
Sunday
St. Mary Magdalen Festival: Noon, Church
Concert by the Combined Mass Choirs
July 21
Sunday
St. Mary Magdalen Festival: 12:40, Sidewalk
Sidewalk Art by Children & Teenagers
July 21
Sunday
St. Mary Magdalen Festival: 12:40, Rectory
Potluck Reception in the Rectory
July 27 & 28
Weekend
4th-Sunday Prayers for St. María de Guadalupe
[We unite in prayer with our sister parish in Mexicali.]
July 28
Sunday
4th Sunday Dinner for the Poor & Homeless
12:00 (set up); 3:00 pm (dinner), Parish Hall
Parish Book Group: August 10th at 10:00 am: Things Fall Apart
by Chinua Achebe
“Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, one of the first African novels to gain worldwide recognition, remains one of the great novels about the colonial era.” ~ The Guardian.
Please purchase Things Fall Apart (or check it out from a nearby library), and join us in the parish conference room on Saturday, August 10th to dis-
Next Taizé Service:
Saturday, October 12th
at 8:00 pm in the Church
St. Vincent de Paul Thanks You The St. Mary Magdalen Conference of
St. Vincent de Paul would like to thank
all the parishioners who donated so
generously last weekend: the $635.00
you gave will help our neighbors in need.
2019 Bishop’s Appeal—See the Video !
Our Bishop, Michael Barber, recently published a
video “conversation” that he would like
every member of the Diocese of Oakland
to see. Click here: vimeo.com/336230462.
If you are
moved to
donate,
you may
make a one-time or periodic EFT donations on our
own site: marymagdalen.org/donate. Or... just drop
a check into the collection basket with the notation
“2019 Bishop’s Appeal.” Thank you!
St. Mary Magdalen Festival (Talks, Concert, Party)
Saturday July 20th:
Talk by Prof. Velma Richmond, with response
by Professors Michael Dodds, OP, & others
Sunday, July 21st:
Concert by our combined choirs
Chalk Art Festival on Berryman sidewalk
Reception in the Parish Rectory
~~~ SEE PAGE 6 FOR DETAILS ~~~
2nd Annual Parish-School Picnic at Live Oak Park. Sunday, August 25th, starting 10:30 am. Live Oak Park.
Saturday 5:30 Robin Hobart RIP
Sunday 8:00 Helen Jenkins RIP
9:30 Doriane Metambou RIP
11:00 For the People of the Parish
Monday 8:00 Intentions of Alfonso José
Guzman & Josephine McIver
5:30 Gary Tucker RIP
Tuesday 8:00 Michael Seuferer RIP
5:30 Intentions of Maria Hartman
Wednesday 8:00 Intentions of Walter Betschart
5:30 Fr. Michael McCarthy RIP
Thursday 8:00 Intentions of Albert Joseph
Lukban & Agustin Joseph Jacob
5:30 Intentions of Sarah Mills
Friday 8:00 Intentions of Bill Betschart
5:30 Kenneth Morland RIP
Saturday 8:00 Intentions of Stefano Matricardi
Collections: Week Ending June 30th
Sunday
Actual
Budget
Difference
06/30/2019 $7,215.22 $8,843.00 -$1,627.78
Year-to-Date: $237,723.39 $241,575.00 -$3,851.61
7th 14th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Isaiah 66:10-14 / Galatians 6:14-18 / Luke 10:1-12, 17-20 8th Weekday in Ordinary Time Genesis 28:10-22 / Matthew 9:18-26 9th Weekday in Ordinary Time [Saint Augustine Zhao
Rong, Priest, and Companions, Martyrs] Genesis 32:23-33 / Matthew 9:32-38 10th Weekday in Ordinary Time
Genesis 41:55-57; 42:5-24 / Matthew 10:1-7 11th Weekday in Ordinary Time [Saint Benedict, Abbot]
Genesis 44:18-2129; 45:1-5 / Matthew 10:7-15 12th Weekday in Ordinary Time
Genesis 46:1-7, 28-30 / Matthew 10:16-23 13th Weekday in Ordinary Time [Saint Henry; the BVM]
Genesis 49:29-32; 50:15-26 / Matthew 10:24-33
Your weekly donations keep help us serve your needs and those of the wider community. Thank you.
Holiday Weekend Help Needed!
This is a summer holiday weekend. In other words, we expect to be short on volunteers at this Sunday's Dinner for the Poor & Homeless.
You've heard the phrase, "it takes a village." When it comes to these dinners, it takes a parish. You've always come through in the past when we make a special plea for help. Whatever time you can spare, we'll gladly take it. No experience is needed.
We set up and cook from 12:00 to 1:00 pm, prepare to serve at 2:45 pm, and clean up the Kitchen and Parish Hall starting at 3:30 pm. We especially need volunteers to clean up. It's a relief to see fresh faces coming to help as the Dinner winds down.
Do you like to bake? Please drop off your home-made desserts in the Parish Hall by 1:30 pm.
Notes from Fr. Nick
The Catholic Church on Film
Almost from the days Edison first turned the crank of his movie camera, the Catholic
Church has been the subject of film artists. Saint Joan of Arc made it to the cinema even
before there was sound. If you’re of a certain age, The Song of Berna-
dette, Bells of Saint Mary’s and Going My Way probably stirred your
Catholic identity and remain nostalgic reminders of your youth.
Sad to say, the Church often has been portrayed inaccurately and
occasionally blasphemously. In the 1930’s, American bishops became
so concerned about the moral tenor of movies that they insisted the
film industry censure itself. The results were mixed: on the one hand, writers and
producers had to take care presenting adult material and this concern produced some
of the most creative scenes on film. In the film Notorious, for example, Alfred Hitch-
cock, a devout Catholic, got around the three seconds a kiss was allowed to last by
having Ingrid Bergman and Cary Grant embrace and break apart numerous times
during a romantic scene. Hitchcock’s creative directing made the kiss last over
2-1/2 minutes, and is considered one of the most highly-charged embraces in film
history. This scene was surely more romantic than the explicit sex portrayed today.
On the other hand, the film industry’s self-censure often produced a rather naïve
look at the world. The ‘good guy’ always had to win by the end of a film.
Although this is a nice sentiment, it doesn’t square with reality. The entire genre
of tragedy was practically expunged from film. Classical tragedy was permitted,
but any new work had to finish with an uplifting ending.
Eventually, as the “Hayes code” lost its authority, thought-
provoking films such as The Mission and, recently, Doubt,
have deepened our faith as well as entertained us.
More recently, the Oscar-winning film Lady Bird had a positive Catholic subtheme.
Directed by Greta Gerwig, it is a coming-of-age story (set in Sacramento) about a
rebellious high school student. The Church figures strongly in the lives of the stu-
dents, but is not portrayed in a caricaturistic or hyper-critical fashion.
At my previous parish, St. Lawrence O’Toole, we had regular evenings of Catholic-
themed films, followed by a discussion. If anyone is willing to work with me in
putting on a similar program here at St. Mary Magdalen, please let me know. It’s a good way to create an
evening of entertainment and sparkling conversation.
• Peanut butter (in plastic jars only)
• Breakfast cereal—low-sugar
• Canned soups & beans [low-sodium]
• Brown rice
• Healthy snack foods for kids
• Canned tuna & chicken
• Gluten-free grains & pasta
• Non-dairy milk—soy, almond, oat (shelf-stable)
• Condiments—ketchup, mustard, salad dressing, & mayonnaise & cooking oil (in plastic jars/bottles only)
• Seasonings— salt, pepper, herbs, spices, Tea (in bags)
• Meal replacements
• Toiletries—toothbrushes, toothpaste, shampoo, etc. soap, deodorant, feminine hygiene products, etc.
Next week we will take up the collection for Peter’s
Pence, which provides Pope Francis
with the funds he needs to carry out
his charitable works around the
world. The proceeds benefit our
brothers and sisters living on the
margins of society, including victims
of war, oppression, and natural disasters.
Thank you in advance for your generosity. For more
information, please visit usccb.org/peters-pence.
Ways You Can Help Our Migrants
Stand Up For Immigrants: Join the next interfaith
vigil, Compassion Has No Walls, on Friday, July 12th,
11:30 am-12:30 pm at 630 Sansome Street (Federal
Immigration Court), San Francisco. This is a time
and space for the interfaith community to demon-
strate support for immigrant communities. Join
others in prayer and to bear witness to the govern-
ment’s actions towards our refugee community.
The next meeting of the St. Mary Magdalen Refugee
Aid Committee is Friday, July 12th, from 4:00 to 5:00
pm in Norton Hall. Please join us! These are some
of the ways the Committee works with our immi-
grant and refugee community:
Support for Casa Francisca in Oakland, a guest-
house for immigrants and asylum seekers;
Accompaniment at immigration court-hearings;
Phone and letter writing campaigns;
Provisioning as needed, such as our recent
parish drive to provide clothing and toiletries
for the McAllen, Texas, Respite Center led by
Sister Norma Pimentel, Executive Director of
Catholic Charities.
Bring your energy and ideas! There are many op-
portunities in our community to get involved and
help refugees both here and at the border.
Please pray for the immigrants
and asylum seekers trying to
cross our southern border.
They are trying to enter our
country because they are
fleeing violence and despair
in their home countries. We
can hardly imagine the circum-
stances that cause families to embark on this dan-
gerous journey. The recent drowning in the Rio
Grande of Óscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez and his
23-month-old daughter, Valeria, casts a harsh spot-
light on the desperate circumstances driving people
out of their homelands, and the humanitarian crisis
on the border, which are not being alleviated by
U.S. policies. Children are still being separated
from families, and refugees receive inadequate or
no medical care. Please keep them in your prayers.
Our New Deacon, Jeff Burns, Ph.D., Preaches at All Weekend Masses for the First Time
Deacon Jeff, Fr. Nick, and Fr. Laurent stand between St. Law-rence O’Toole parishioners Maria Aranas and Claire Elmore.
Every parishioner who attended
Mass last weekend was privileged to
meet our new deacon, Jeff Burns, as
he preached at all our Masses.
Deacon Jeff is a professor of U.S.
Church History at the Franciscan
School of Theology, and when the school was still
located in Berkeley, he served alongside Fr. Nick at
St. Lawrence O’Toole for many years. Deacon Jeff
recently accepted Fr. Nick’s offer to join our parish
(although on a limited basis the first year, as he must
commute from San Diego).
His popularity at St. Lawrence O’Toole is legendary:
some of Fr. Nick’s former parishioners present at his
Jubilee in May promised that we’d “be seeing a lot
of” them here once Dc. Jeff arrived... as Maria Aranas
and Claire Elmore (pictured above) proved last Sunday.
Faithful volunteer Jolanda Sullivan and cook Fabienne Korta handed out desserts at a recent Dinner.
2nd-Annual St. Mary Magdalen Festival: Program Highlights
Speaking at all weekend Masses:
Alison Benders, Associate Dean, Jesuit School of Theology. Her research interests include race as a social justice issue, moral transformation, and the contributions of the Jesuit theologian Bernard Lonergan. Professor Benders is the author of Just Prayer. We’ll be privileged to hear her reflections on St. Mary Magdalen at all our weekend Masses.
Conference on Saturday, July 20th, 2019 10:00 am in the Church
(Reception following on the Rectory Lawn)
MAIN SPEAKER:
Velma Bourgeois Richmond, Ph.D., Fellow at the Dominican School of Philosophy & Theology; former Chair of the Department of English, Speech and Drama and Dean of Academic Affairs at Holy Names College. Among her critical works is the award-winning Shakespeare, Catholicism and Romance.
RESPONDENTS:
Fr. Michael Dodds, O.P., Ph.D. A priest-in-residence here for many years, Fr. Dodds was recently awarded the title of Master in Sacred Theology, an award be-stowed to the most distinguished Dominican scholars.
Dona María Teresa Bastidas, Ph.D., sociologist and parishioner of Santa María de Guadalupe, our sister parish in Mexicali, Baja California. Concert for Saint Mary Magdalen:
Sunday, July 21st, 2019
12:00 pm in the Church
(Potluck Lunch following in the Rectory)
A 25-minute concert featuring works by Francisco Guerrero, Andrea Gabrieli,
and Giovanni da Palestrina
Music, Art, Lectures, Spiritual Reflections & Community Gatherings
Bring your friends and family ! The annual St. Mary Magdalen Festival is a perfect opportunity to invite others to experience our parish community. And please let us know you’re coming, either by calling the parish office (510.526.4811) or signing up for the potluck reception here: marymagdalen.org/smmfestival2019
